Fastener assembling and attaching means.



J. DRAHER! FASTENER ASSEMBLING AND ATTACHiNG .wimws.

APPUCAHON FILED AUG.7\ 19 .3.

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fi vbmlmoz v J. DRAHER. FASTENER ASSEMBHNG AND ATTACHING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-7,1913.

Patnted Dec. 21, 1915.

Patented Dec. 21, 1935.

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J. DRAHER'.

APPLICATION FILED AUG|Y1 913.

FASTENER ASSEMBLING AND ATTACHING MEANS.

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1. DRAHER. FASTENER ASSEMBUNG AND ATTACHING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.'(, I913.

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PATENT OFFICE.

CUT, ASSIGNOR TO CUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

LANE MANUFACTURING FASTENER ASSEMBLING AND ATTACHING MEANS.

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lie it. known that l .l'onx Int-HUGH, a citizen of the United States. residing at Waterbury, in the (county of New Harem-in the State of touneetieut. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastener Assembling and itttaching Means, of which the following a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful iumrov'ements in machines for assemblin parts of garment or other fasteners which comprise a plurality of parts which are brought together in a lixed relation to constitute a completed thereof.

The invention is particularly adapted to act upon that type of fastener known as ball-andsocket or head-and -socket fasteners, and in the embodiment described and illustrated for the purposes of this application is designed to assemble the parts of the head or ball member into completed form and to attach the same to a fabric or garment.

One form of fastener upon which the invention is designed to;

operate comprises two parts which are brought together -and the parts interlocked orclenched together to form a completed fastener member. as will. be fully eseribed hereinafter.

l wish t distinctly understood. thatmy invention is not to use with any specific type of fastener or fastener member. as it may be'employed for use in connection with a Variety of fasteners.

I also desire it understoml that the machine may be employed either for the function of assembling the fastener parts. or performing the functions of assembling parts and attaching them to a garment or fabric.

The invention consists in the improved construction to be more fully described herehowever, be limited to inafter and the novelty of which will be particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed.

l have fully \ention in the taken as a wherein- F igure 1 is a view in front elevation of a. structure embodying my present invention. Fig. is a View in side elevation of the c0nstrnction shown in F 1, parts being shown partly in. dotted lines, and in di posiand clearly illustrated my in accompanying drawings to be part of this specification and nula-r collar 'tionshown in F ig. 11.

Specification of Letters Patent.

atented Dec. 21, 1915. Serial No. 783.499.

tions from that shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical central section on the line of Fig. 1. Fig. l is a horizontal section on the line l-l of Fig. Fig. 5 1s a semi-dun grammatic view. partly in section, of a portion of one of the feed guides showing a cutoti' and feed plunger in one position. Fig. (5 is a similar, view to Fig. 5 showing the cut-off and plunger in another position. F ig. 7 is a view in side elevation with parts broken away, and in section, of one ofthe drums for containing the fastener parts. F 1e. 8 1s a section on the line 8-8 of I! 1g. 7.

vertical central secdies for assembling Fig. 10 1s a detail see- Fig. 9 is'aii enlarged tional view through the the fastener parts. 7 tional view of parts 0 one type of fastener upon whichthe machine is designed to operate; and, Fig. 11 is a central vertical sectional view through the parts shown in Fig. 10 after the same have been assembled.

efore entering into a machine embodying my present invention I will describe briefly one type of fastener or fastener element ate. This fastener is shown in Figs. .10 and 11 of the drawings, in the former of which are shown in section the parts before they areassembled, and in the latter after they are assen'ibled and attached to av fabric. these figures the fastener is shown as comprising a resilient head (6 in which is inserted an anvil piece or socket; Z) having an anvil project-ion 1, and a. hqllp-w neck of, said head and anvil socket having engaging flanges e, 7, respectively, at the lower ends, which flanges are secured together by an any. all substantially as shown. It designates a shank or stem member consisting of a shank 7i and flange stem being intended to pierce through a fabric and be passed within the hollow neck d. the head and stem together by forcibly thrusting the end of the shank 72, into engagement with the anvil c which serves to spread and distend the metal of the shank it into substantially the posi- Vhen the parts are united the fabric to which the fastener is atis securely clamped between the flange piece of the'head member and the flange of the shank member. As this fastener constitutes no partof my present invention and the constraction thereof is well description of the i member'being clamped upon which it may oper- 2', said shankor known iii-the art, the above description is deemed suflicient for the purposes ofthis application.

Referring now more particularly to Figs.

1, 2, 3 and 4 of the drawings, A designatesgenerally a frame or stand upon which the moving parts of the machine are assembled for cotiperation. This frame or stand consists of a base plate 1 adapted" to lee-secured to any suitable foundation, such as work table, and preferably cast integral with the rear portion of this base plate is a vertical post or standard 2 having a forwardlyrin tending overhanging arm 3 provided with a vertical guide passage or bore 4:. Also cast integral with the forward part of the base is a projection 5 having a vertical opening '5 thereinalining with the opening 4.

Arranged to slide in the opening 4 is a plunger 6 carrying at its lowerend a die member 7 formed with an opening at its lower end and an impact surface 9 at the bottom. of said opening, and designed to cooperate with the socket member in. assemblingthe same with a stud member held by an opposing die 10 supported by the forwardly-projecting part 5. 1n the present instance the die members 7 and 10 are constructed to act on the particular type'of fasf' toner heretofore described but it is obvious that otherLforrns of dies may be employed for operation on other types of fasteners. t the headbf the, column 2, are ertical ,arzil lelf'ears '11 in which is seated a caring:

pin 1'2,upon which is fulcrumed at a point intermediate its ends, ancperating lever 13, consisting of a substantlally vertical portion letentending inirear of the frame or stand,

anda "forwardly-extending. overhanging portion 15 disposed over the arm 3 andconneoted tojth e head of the plunger 6 by a hnk 'connecti 16 whereby said plunger 6 may be re rocated...

Thedownward movement of the lever 13 in moving the plunger 6 with its die 7 toward the die 10 may be limited. by an adjustable abutment preferably consisting of a stop f screw 17 threaded into the arm 3 beneath yieldingly supported by a coil spring the portion ,15'.of said lever, said screw be ing held by an adjusting and locking nut- 18, if desired. The lower end of the lever seated on said plug 19, and surrounding'the sleeve 21 is a sleeve 23,'nor,mally urged. up-

ward by a coil spring 2% seated on a shoulder p I, irough the bore 1 toward and away from the die member 10.

upper end of said. sleeve 21, and form an annular seat or pocket 25 about the pin 20,

to receive the stud member of the fastener.

When the member] is forced down by the operating lever, 13, it moves the head or socket part of the fastener down onto the stud member supported on the die 10, serving to expand the stud member to lock the shine to the socket member, the pin .20 enpan ding the stud portion h, and the latter being distorted by the anvil c. The die 7 contains a holding spring 7 to hold the head of the socket member in moving the latter down toward the stud member.

Supported on the upper surface of the base l between the post 2 and said projection 5 are upper and lower horizontal guide ways 26, 27, respectively, provided, respectively, on their upper surfaces with longitudinal grooves 28, '29, leading forward to the space between the dies 7 and 10, heretofore described, and adapted respectively to d'eliver the head and stud parts to the dies with the head part above the stud part. The lower of these ways 'is supported on a post 30;ri.si'ng from the base plate between the column 2 and the die su 3 ort on the bracket 5, while the upper of said ways is supported on a vertically adjustable bracket piece 31, said bracket being provided with slots 32 to receive fastening screws 33'passiug iul-otlw said post. The bracket 31 is provided with a vertical slot 34: through which passes a fastening screw 35 which also passes through the post heretofore described, in which the lower way .is mounted, and engages said lower way to clamp it in position. By this arrangement the upper way is adjustable vertically relative to the lower way and the said lower way is adjustable longitudinally toward and away from the lower die member. Arranged. in each of the grooves 28, 29, respectively, and reciprocable lengthwise thereof, in the said ways are plunger blades 36, 37, carried by plunger bars 38, 39, respectively, sliding in upper and lower horizontal guide openings 40, ll, in the vertical post 2, the rear ends of said plunger bars 38 and 39 being connected by links, 42, 43,

to the depending portion 14 of the operating lever, the arrangement being such that when the said lever is swung toward the post 2 the plunger 6, and its die 7 will be raised while the blades 36, 37,. will be moved bin-ward longitudin-ally of the guide'slots 40, all, to

move to the dies fastener parts which may have been deposited in said slots by supply and feedmeahs to be presently described. It

will be seen that the vertical portion 1d of the lever 13 extendsupwardly across the planes of the guide Ways and is so connectedto the plunger. bars 38 and 39 that when said levcris operated a thrust will be exerted on the plungers substantially in the direction, of the movement of the fastener parts-along the guide ways.

I,will ,now proceed to describe the improved means for feeding fastener parts to :ways 26, 27. Supported on the upper portion of the post 2 is a horizontally disposed shaft 44 having its opposite ends pro- ]ecting laterally beyond the side faces of the said post, and-supporting on each of its ends a Xed non-rotatable plate 45, secured to said shaft by a set-screw 46, and having on its inner face an annular flange 47, see Figs. 7 fand, 8.. Also'mounted on the shaft betweensaid arm 3 and each of the plates 45 ijs'irjrotatable drum 48 consisting of a head having an annular flange 49 to cooperate Withthe aforesaid flange 47 on the adjacent parts.

plate 45,each drum thereby forming with its adjacent plate a receptacle for the fastener parts to be assembled. The flange 4-9 of each drum is formed with a plurality of tangential slots. 50 of a width slightly greater than the neck of the shank portion, or the head of the socket portion of the fastener parts. Corinected to the lower forward end of each of plates 45 is a feed chute 51, one of which leads to the guide way 26 and the other to the guide way 27, the lower end of eaci of said chutes opening into the side of the guide way into which it delivers the Each of these chutes consists of a plate or strip of metal curved downward and, inward toward the way it supplies, and is formed on its inner face with a. longitudlnal groove 52 down which the fastener parts gravitate, said parts being held in the groove by side strips 53, 53, secured to the grooved face of the chutes. The said strips 53, 53, at their inner edges overhang the groove 52, so that the edges of the flanges of the fastener parts pass beneath the overhanging parts of saidstrips, and the shanks or heads pass between the adjacent edges of said strips. About the inner face of each plate is'ga'tstrin ,54. fdfminga continuation of one ofthe crins 53, and a small section 55 fdrmin continuation of the other strip 53. Theflange'of each drum and. the slots therein are sq'a rranged with reference to the inlet end 5oof the guide channel in the v chute that the fastener parts may pass there chute.

through,t he flange of each of the drums being spaced from the circular portion of the plate 45 sufficiently to permit the flanges of the fastener parts to pass between the said flange and said plate and be delivered into the guide channel of the feed Each of the plates i5 may be provided with an inlet hopper 57 through parts may be supplied to the drum, and may also be provided with an opening 58 closed by a threaded plug 551 through which the drum may be emptied of its contents. .Each of the drums may be pro videdwith one or more baffles 60, to agitate mental racks (l!) which mesh the parts contained therein, and exterior of each drum may be a fiat spring 31 to push back into the drum any parts which may he carried around by the slots 50 and not delivered to the chute.

Means is provided for intcrniittcntl rotatingthe drums in order that the fastener parts willihe shaken into proper position to pass through the tangential. slots 50, which means I will now describe. Mounlcd on the inner face of each of the drums in, lixcd thereto, and surrounding the shaft ll. is a ratchet wheel (32 with which coo ueralcs a pawl (33 pivotcd as at il. on a pawl carricr (35 fulcrumed on the shaft ll and having a segmental rack til? on its forward portion. Fulcrumed on the forward part of the hcad 3. as at i7 and on opposite sidcs ol the lattcr are levers 3% having at their lrcc ends scgwith the scg mental racks on the pawl carriers. (onnccting each of the levers (38 with the overhanging part l5 of the operating lcvcr isa link 70, whereby' said levers (38 are pulled up ward at the same tiine as the plunger 6. and the pawl carriers are thrown to causc the pawls to engage the ratchet wheels and ref The pawls arc vicldiugl v held J11 engagement with the ratchct \vhcols volvc the drums.

by springs Tl so that when the lcvcrs are moved downward, the pawls ride over the ratchets.

Th trip 523. 53 which overlie the grooves in the chutessil are respectively formed with a recess T23 and a projection 73 directed toward said recess, the arrangement being such that the passage between said strips is provided with a lateral ol'l'sct or dcllcction' Tl providing a resting or supporting ledge or shoulder to catch and support the fastener parts as they dcsccndthc chute. \Vorliing in a transverse slot 75 in each of the chutes. and reciprocable lengthwise of the offset H is a thrust member 76 which serves to push the fastener supported on said ledge H out into the inclined portion 77.nf the guide slot so that the fastener part may gravitate into the Way to which the chute is connected. The inclined portion of the slot 77 isformcd by one of the walls of the recess 72, and the lower inclined edge of the projection 73.

The thrust member is connected toa slide member 78 slidable in a slot '79 beneath the strips 53, and movable transversely of .the chute, said slide member being pivoted a. link 81, one end of ,path o??? movement of said plum moved by the letter toward the lower f the me member into the inclined portionoi": the

chute-wary. Lillie inner ends of the finger 88 and the push member 76 are so proportioned and arranged with relation to each other, that when one is withdrawn from the path of descent of the parts, the other is projected into position to support the column of parts.

The construction of the means for con trolling the descent of the ports as just described forms no part of my invention the sumo being the invention of GcorgeI-l Pul- 1011, but i have described the some herein its being adopted by me in a machine con structed in accordance with my invention.

,Tl'ae outer end of the umer we 26 tcrminutes just short of the phmger 6, and at the end of said wzry is provided means to receives fasten rrt when it is thrust forward by the blur. 36, and sup iiort it in. the to be This means compri as two blocks ported on opposite sides of the p. having semi-oircului" rec about said plunger, said blocks 3 supported by a lea/l spring ill, 58C! one end to the hood 3, said spring sewing to yicldingly hold the blocks in engagentient with thc plunger. At the side toward the end of the upper guide way, the blocks 89 are each provided with :1 recess 92 located above a. shoulder 93, suid.1'ccesses being adopted to form a passageway to receive the fastener parts, and loading to an annular scat 9i formed by inner send-circular recesses in said blocks into which the tenor part is thrust by the linger 36 through the passageway formed by the recesses 90.

The bludesfifi mud 3? are preferably of such a length that they push the fastener parts into position directly under the die 7 into the annular seat in the blocks 89 and also the sent 2:") so that the parts are orruiiged in proper position tobe assembled upon downward movement of the plunger 6.

The parts being constructed as above described the operation of the machine is as follows: Assuming that the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 3, with the die 7 ut the limit of its downward position, and c socket or head iiece bein in the groove of b 2.1

the guide way 36, and :t stud in the groove of the guide way 37, the lever 13 is moved to at position opposite to that shown in Fig. l/Vhereupon the plunger 6 is raised. and

the blades 36. 37 move forward to push l B opposite 1a.. meme fastener parts respectively into the seat in the bloc-id; 89, and the seat 25. During this movement the, push or thrust members 76 move forward from the position shown in I? to the position shown in Fig. 5, to

permit the lowermost port in each chute pawl carriers downward to rotate the drums 48. The movement of the operating lever 13 is then. reversed, whereupon the plunger 6 is moved downward, spreadingthe blocks 89 apart and the die 7 carrying the head part of the fastener down, and impressing it over the stud part supported on the die 10 to thereby clench said parts together. During this operation the blades 36 and 37 are moved to the position shown in Fig. 6, and the thrust members 76 )ush the fastener parts from the ledges 3, down into the chutes whence the said parts gravitate to the grooves of the guide ways 26, 27 as shown in Figs. 3

is next operated inthe direction shown by the .r'rrows in Fig. 3. When the lever 13 is moved to the rear, the lovers 68 exercised to pull the pziwls 63 back into position to o the ratchet wheels 62 to rotate the,

when the lever 13 is again moved word, as above described.

lit will be noted that the bottoms of the grooves in. the guide ways 26, 27, are inclined upward from'thferear ends thereof, toward the die members, and the blades 26, 27, enter the rear ends of said guide ways at a point above the lower portions of said grooves so that the recessed ends 26,

27, of the blades receive the shank or head i ters Patent of the United States is:

1. In {t machine of .the character do;

and 6, in position to .be pushed to the dies when the operating lever scribedfthe combination with coopcratin g die members adapted to assemble the 'parts or a fastener; of superposedgulde ways leading to'snid members respectively, chutes lending to smd guide ways to feed the parts to be assembled thereto, a plunger in each guide way to move the parts to the die member, a lever having operative connections with a die member, and means providin individual connections between said lever and said plungers, wherebythe operations of feedin the arts to the due members and assembling them take place successively, as set forth.

2. In a. machine of the character described, the combination with cooperating die members adapted to assemble the parts of a fastener, 'of superposed guide ways leading to said members respectively, chutes leading to said guide ways to feed the parts to be assembled thereto, a plunger in each guide way to move the parts to the die members, and a single lever for operating a die member and said plunger-s, said lever having a part extending across the planes of the guide ways and connected with said plungers so as to exert a thrust substantially in line with the direction of movement of the plungers.

3. In a machine of the character described, the combination with cooperating die members adapted to assemble the parts of a fastener, superposed guide ways leading to said members respectively, chutes leading to said guide ways to feed the parts to be assembled thereto, a plunger in each guide way to move the parts to the die members, and a lever for simultaneously moving said plungers and a die member out of the path of the plungers, said lever having a rigid arm extending up ardly across the planes of the guideways and so connected With said plungers as to exert a thrust substantially in line with the direction of movement of said plungers.

4. In a machine of the character de scribed, coiiperating die members, superposed guideways leading to said members respectively, chutes leading to said guide ways, to feed parts to be assembled thereto,

neans'for delivering the parts? to said chutes, a plunger in each guide way to move the parts to the die members, and an op erating lever having operative connections with said plunger-s and said delivery means.

5. In a machine of the class described, the combination of cooperatingdie members, superposed guide ways leading to said members respectively, chutes leading to said guide Ways tofeed parts to be assembled thereto, horizontall acting means for feed- .ing parts along said guide ways to said members, means for operating said feeding means comprising a rockable lever which extends upwardly across the planes of said guide ways, and means for so connecting the lever to the feeding means that when said lever is rocked a thrust will be exerted on said feeding means substantially in line with the movement of the parts along said guide ways.

6. In a machine of the character described, coiiperatingdie members, super-- posed guide ways leading to said members respectively, chutes leading to said guide ways, to feed parts to be assembled thereto, a plunger in each guide way to move the parts to the die members, and'an operating lever to move said plunger-s to feed the parts, and then withdraw the plungers and cause the dies to assemble the parts, said lever having an arm connected to said plungers and positioned so as to exert a direct thrust thereon substantially in line with the directions of the movements of the plungers.

7. In a machine of the character described, cooperating die members, a horizontal shaft, feeddrums rotatable on said shaft, chutes leading from said drums, plungers for moving the parts from the chutes to the die members, and an operating lever having connections with the dies, drums and plungers.

8. In a machine of the character described,

cooperating die members, superposed guide ways leading to said members respectively, chutes emptying into said guide ways, a plunger operating to move parts along each guide way to said die members, a horizontal shaft, drums revoluble on said shaft, and delivering parts to said chutes, and a lever having operative connections with said dies, drums, and plungers.

9. In a machine-of the character described, a. frame including a standard having a projection and an overhanging arm, the members operating respectively on said projec tion and arm, superposed guide ways leading to said die members, respectively, plungers reciprocable in said guide ways and guided by guide openings in said standard, means for feeding parts to said guide ways in advance of said plunger-s, and an operating lever connected to one of said die me1nbers and said plungers for operating the same.

10. In a machine of the character described, coiiperating die members, superposed guide ways leading to said members, the bottoms of said guide ways being inclined upward toward the die members, and horizontally acting plungers reciprocable lengthwise of the guide ways movable in a path above the lower parts of said guide- Ways.

ll. In a machine of the character described, coope 'ating die members, superposed guide ways leading to said IllOlI'lbQl'S, the bottoms of said guide ways being inclined upward toward the die members, and horizontally acting plungers reciprocable lengthwise of the guide ways movable in a guideway for moving thefastener member along the guideway toward the die members 14. In a machine of the class deserllcied the combination of cooperating die members,

superposed guide ways leading to said members, the'bottom of one of said guide ways being inclined upward toward the die mem bers, and means for moving articles along the guide ways toward said members.

In testimony whereof; I hare hereunto signed'my name in the presence of two sub scribing Witnesses.

JOHN DRAHER.

-i /itnesses:

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